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Sunday, 27 April 2008

yerba buena

the beauty of modern communicatory devices is that one can wander the whirled with batfone in pocket (as opposed to being an obvious and complete git, simply seeing one's journey through a donkey-sized lens all the time).

it can be whipped out for unobtrusive and grainy happy snaps...the box brownie of our times

San Francisco remains one of my favourite cities. good postcards stored in mental pix file...self-important pigeons clustered on top of a warm air vent in the pavement, looking rather like tubby German businessmen waiting for a tour bus

sunset on the Bay, dodging the waves, soaking a silk dress in seawater, a pre-mordant for whatever comes next as it begins its journey to Denmark via much needle stabbing and colour soaking

Bombay Sapphire on the terrace, watching the boats chug past and the last parrot swoops of the evening on the side of Telegraph Hill. fragrance of roses, lilacs, wisteria and jasmine wafting up from the secret gardens on Filbert steps

standing on a greensward in Crissy Field, with the sharp scent of the Yerba Buena spiking up from the earth.

workshops

if you're on Facebook anyway and would like to join a group for advance notice of workshops (generally 48 hours with the exception of those organised by groups with a private mailing list) please click here to join

the bundle book

the pocket guide to botanical alchemy (remember to choose your country at the bottom righthand corner of the Blurb site)

the workroom

a link to my website

books

While I am a lover of bookstores and reluctant to take away from their viabilityI am also keen that people acquire my books [a girl has to make a living]So I'll confess that I've signed up as an affiliate of the Book Depository.